Improvement in barrel-trucks



S 4x L :I ,Stima @gama l EUGENE GROSJEAN, OF IITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR 'IO HIMSELF, JACOB WEAVER, JR., AND ALFRED H'. JONES.

.teem Parent No. 88,564, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N BARREL-TRUCKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

T0 n whom it 'mail 0071067 Now, by turning the cam-clasp D over, ortight down Be it known that I, EUGENE GROSJEAN, of the city on the strapE, the lever is firmly attached to the barrel, of Pittsburg, county ofAllegheny, and State of Pennthe flanges, or jaws O C shut fast againstits heads, and sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improved it isheld immovable by small teeth-points, projecting Barrel-Roller, orTruck, which is of great utility and on tbe inside of the flanges, orjaws, marked in the convenience, and in the use of which time and labordrawing l, 2, and 3`one at each of their triangles.

are saved; and in orde-r to convey a knowledge of t-he The barrel, keg,or log thus caught tight, can be practicable operation of the same tothose skilled in rolled, pushed, or pulled'in any direction.

plied and combined, I hereby The flanges, or jaws C C are made loose andmovathe principles thus ap declare the following to be a full and exactdescription ble, with a hole in the centre, markedgure 4, and are of thesame, reference being had to the accompanyattached to the ends of thelevers through these holes,

ing drawing, and to the letters and Vfigures marked by riveting orotherwise.

The anges revolve, but cannot get off these ends These ends form theaxle upon which the angcs,

, thereon.

The drawing is a perspective view of the machine. vof the levers.

i The machine may be made of wood or metal. The anges may be made anyshape, with or with- A are the handles, or the end of the levers. outthe teeth-points.

B is thebolt, or fnlcrum which holds the levers tol gether, and uponwhich they move.

The holes in each lever are for changing the bolt B, logs.

to enlarge ordimuislrthe opening of the anges, or Having now describedmy invention,

jaws O O, according to the size of the barrel to be What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure handled. by Letters Patent ofthe Unit-edStates, is-

D is a earn-clasp. The attached strap E, combined with the cam-clasp Eis a strap. i D,in their action with the leversA, bolt B, and flanges, Fis a ring on the end of the strap E. or jaws C G, as shown, for thepurposes set forth, sub

By loosing the cam-clasp D, the strap E is released, stantially asdescribed.

when, by pulling the levers A apart, the anges, or EUGENE GROSJ EAN.

Y jaws O O open. y Witnesses:

Vi'hen thus open, and held over a barrel, by catch- ALFRED H. JONES,`ing the ring F, pulling the strap tight, compresses the J. WEAVER, Jr.

ends of the levers A and 0.

or jaws revolve, with the barrel or cylinder, kegs or

